Ribbon holding device and the like



Aug. 18, 1953 c. GROSS RIBBON HOLDING DEVICE AND THE LIKE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 15, 1951 INVENTOR. C4441?! 5 Kass 19573 c. GROSS 2,649,198

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Patented Aug. 18, 1953 UNI-LT ED S TAT ES; PAT E. NT 0 F-FTC E RIBBON HOLDING- DEVICE AND THE IZIK-E Charles Gross, Englew00d,.N. 1.

Application March 15, 1951','S erial No; 215 ,683

1 Claim.- 1

The present inventionrelates to a:ribbon-.pack age and it particularly relates to. a device for forming a ribbon package.

Although not limited; thereto the. presentinventioni will be particularly described in its ap-.-. plication: to ribbon, attachment although: it; has abroader application. to the packaging, holding, and displayof various-typesof folded, coiled or hanked; materials. whether of paper, tissue, plastic strips; yarns; or the like.

It. isfv among; the obj ects; of. the present invention" toprovide a. simple, inexpensive device byv which. ribbon or similar; stripped. materials, or even yarns, may be-packaged in the form of flattened coils,- windups, strands or hanks, and which. will permit, such ribbonsland thelike to be conveniently merchandisedandiretained in such packages while displayingthe same duringshipment; storage, merchandising, and even during utilizatiomor; consumption.

Anoth'er'objectpof the present-invention is to prov-idea hank holder for ribbons. and. the like which; may, be conveniently cutout of. relatively. thin. paper and. which will give assurance of a lasting permanent. package adjustable: tov different sizes and which will not readily. becomeundone during shipment, storage, merchandising and; handling even though itrmay-be relatively. simply; put. up. with a minimum of manual op erations'.

A further object is to provide-a ribbonpackaging. systemjnswhich the hank of: ribbonmay be readily laid. upon a. relatively. flat cutout, and:

thenzl'ocked-in.positionby relatively simple ma.- nipulation without the-need of wires or permanentfasteners, and with assurance thatthe ribbomwill'be properly displayed-for inspection and- 89.116;-

Still, further objectsand advantageswill appear inthe; moredetailedv description set. forth below, it-,being,, understood, however, that this.

more, detailed description is; given by way. of illustration and. explanation, only. and not; by waygof; limitation, since various changes therein may: be made ,by those skilledin the art without. departing from; the: scope and spirit; of. the-pres:-

entzinvention.

In accomplishing the above objects, ithas been found mostsuitable to providea; base member upon which. the flattened hank of ribbon, coil of yarnyor otherifiat-tenedwindup of'strip. or. thread;

materials may be: positioned.

Extendingfromathe top or bottom of thespace tensions-onthe end ther'eof which; when wrapped around the coil of IibbOIIOI TYaI'II'; mayc-belocked back; in position on-thepbase member.

The base member; is desirably providedywith.

upstanding oblique," locking, edges which. will permitqthe outstanding end-locking projections. on the tongue: to be, engaged therewith, and thetendency to expand of the ribbon hank, yarn, coil or the.- like will cause a: locking-betweenwthe pro jecticns of the tongue-and the oblique. edges ofa the base.- member.

In a preferred form, anelongated base; is provided to provide a back fori-theenti-re length of the hank of yarn. This base has recesses at one side adjacent the endsof the position of the hank and has outstanding. tongues from. the

other side.

These tongues aredesigned-to wrap around the ribbon hankor, coil-of yarn,.and then toen- I gage the other side ofthe base so-as-to lockthe ribbon in position.

In another form of the invention, thetongue withthe base may just.engage. .thecen-tral portion of the bank of ribbon or.coil of yarnand lock thereon after being; wrapped around the.

same. a

With the. foregoing and other objects. in .view

the invention consists of the. novelconstruction, combination and-arrangement of parts as. .here-. matter more specifically.- described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention, but it isto be understood that-changes, variations and. modifications can beresorted to which fall within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings wherein like referencecharacters. denote corresponding: parts throughout:

the several views:

Fig. 1 is a side plan view of a ribbon packageaccording to one embodiment of the present in--- vention, showing a hank of yarn-in position.. thereon and with thegin-terlocking"tongues in Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional" View upon'the line 44"of Fig. 1 upon a slightly enlargedscale as compared to Fig; 3:

Fig. 5 is a'fragmentary'end view similar to one of the-designs of' Fig. 1, showing an alternative locking position of the tongue.

Fig. 6-is a front elevational view of an al 3 ternative form of package where the wraparound device of the present invention is applied solely to the middle portion of the hank of ribbon or coil of yarn or the like.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cutout or paper base and tongue combination removed from or before application to the package of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a transverse vertical sectional view upon the line 88 of Fig. 6 upon a reduced scale as compared to Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a front elevational view of an alternative form of ribbon package similar to Fig. 6, showing the tongue already wrapped around the hank of ribbon, coil of yarn orthe like.

Fig. 1G is a plan view of the paper or flexible wrap around used in the package of Fig. 9 before or after application to the hank 'of ribbon or coil of yarn, as the case may be.

Fig. 11 is a front plan View of an alternative form of ribbon package with the hank of ribbon already in locked position with only a single wrap around tongue as contrasted to the double tongue arrangements of Figs. 1 to 4.

Fig. 12 is a plan view of the paper base and tongue member as shown in wrapped position in Fig. 11 before application to the package of Fig. 11.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4, there is shown a paper base A having the wrap around tongues B, for engaging the hank of ribbon C, the tongues having adjustable locking projections D.

Also the base and tongue structure, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is desirably of a heavy stock paper, it is apparent that it may also be made of plastic sheets or even of thin flexible metal sheets. Paper stock however is preferred.

Referring to Fig. 2, there is a base section H) which is provided with a lower extension and an upper extension l2. The central section it is connected to the enlarged end portions 83 by the portions The recesses l between the central portion H3 and the end portions 53 provide a place where the tongues may be wrapped around the hank of ribbon C.

The oblique edges IS on the outside of the side edges ll of the tongues B, and the oblique edges !8 on the side edges i9 of the tongues B serve to engage the locking projections D.

As shown in Fig. 2, the locking projections D consist of the upper projections 25 on the inside and 2| on the outside, and the lower projections 22 on the inside and 23 on the outside. These projections are separated by the slits 2 and 25.

Although in Figs. 1, 3 and 4 there is shown a hank of ribbon C, it is obvious there may alsobe a strip of cellophane wrapping material, a coil of tinsel or even a coil of yarn or wire. Normally, this hank of material will be positioned as shown upon a central section it, the bridges:

I l and the enlarged portion i3.

Then the tongues B will be wrapped downwardly over the front of the hank C as indicated at E in Fig. 1, and the tongues will then be brought up to the back of the base structure A and the projections moved in front of the oblique edges H5 and i8 so as to form the lock as shown Where the coil or hank of ribbon C is heavier, as indicated in Fig. 5, and takes the form as indicated at H, only one of the tongues 20 and 2| may be positioned in front of and engaging the oblique edge I6 and. I8, with the other tongues 22 and 23 being on the rear side of the base structure A.

The packaging, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5 may be readily applied after the coil ofribbon C is positioned thereon, and" after the locking projections D of the tongues B have been applied either in the position as shown in Fig. 1 or in the position as shown in Fig. 5. They will remain substantially permanent throughout shipment, merchandising, storage, display and examination.

In the structure shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the base K is provided with a tongue L having the locking projections M. The base K has a slit recess as indicated at 30, to receive the wrap around of the tongue L, and it has the upstanding extensions 3| with the oblique locking edges 32.

The tongue M is provided with the lower locking projections 33 and the upper locking projections 34 separated by the slits 35. The splitting of the locking projections M gives the same adjustment as indicated in Figs. 1 and 5.

In the package shown in Fig. 6 the tongue L may be turned down as indicated at N and wrapped around the hank O of ribbon and then turned upwardly so that either one or both of the projections 33 and 34 are engaged with the oblique edges 32 of the upstanding portions 3|. The wrapper as shown in Figs. 6 and 7 is relatively simple, involves a minimum of paper material and may be used for wrapping any desirable size of hank or coil.

The single locking projections as shown in Figs. 9 and 10 operates in the manner as already described in connection with Figs. 6, 7 and 8.

The base B has a tongue Q'with the single locking projections R. The base P' has the upstanding members lfl with the oblique edges 4| which engage the locking projections R. in the manner shown in Fig. 9.

The tongue Q may be wrapped downwardly as indicated at S to engage the hank T, and then the locking projections may be snapped in front of the oblique locking edges 4|, in the manner as indicated in Fig. 9.

In the structure shown in Figs. 11 and 12 the base U has a tongue V with the outstanding locking projections W. The central base member U has the enlarged wings X. The base U has a recess as indicated at 50 around which may be wrapped the side edges 5| of the tongue V. Then the tongue is turned up to the rear of the central section U and the locking projections W are snapped in front of the oblique edges 52. The final package, as shown in H, differs from that shown in Figs. 6 and 9 in that the wings X give support to both sides of the ribbon hank Y.

It is thus apparent that the applicant has pro' 5 length on the backing card A or U--X. However, the unbacked structure as shown in Figs. 7 to 10 may also be employed.

As many changes could be made in the above ribbon holding devices and the like, and many widely difierent embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, what is claimed is:

A wrapper for ribbon hanks comprising an elongated base having a rectangular enlarged central base portion and laterally and outwardly extending enlarged end wing portions with intermediate narrow bridges connecting said wing portions to the sides of the base portion and upwardly extending elongated locking tongues, the inside and lower ends of which are integral with the bridges, extending transversely away from said bridge portions and having end slitted locking projections to wrap around the hank and engage the side edges of said base portion and said wing portions and to lock the ends of the tongues in wrapped-around position and to hold the hank in position.

CHARLES GROSS.

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